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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 85 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I was a lot more spontaneous when I was a broke young man than I am now as a fairly comfortable adult. Usually the number of responsibilities you have goes up as your income does, and those are the killers of spontaneity.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's also the fact that you're older and more mature?

What if you had a stream of income in your youth from family supporting you?

Generational wealth.

I definitely would've been more spontaneous instead of work two jobs while going to college in my early 20s.

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of that 20th century philosopher, C.G.L. Wallace, who quipped "mo money, mo problems"

[–] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, this makes sense. Think the thought still holds though. Just needs to be explained with the normal distribution meme.

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Usually, yes.

I can attest that not/postponing having kids drastically reduces the number of responsibilities. Many of my friends had kids younger and are in drastically different scenarios than I am.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

More like your income goes up as the number of responsibilities goes up.